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COLLINS, Algernon Thomas

Service Number:	2047
Enlisted:	16 June 1916, Adelaide, South Australia
Last Rank:	Private
Last Unit:	40th Infantry Battalion
Born:	Uraidla, South Australia, February 1890
Home Town:	Uraidla, Adelaide Hills, South Australia
Schooling:	Uraidla Public School
Occupation:	Gardener
Died:	Killed in Action, Belgium, 13 October 1917
Cemetery:	Tyne Cot Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Memorials:	Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour, Crafers WW1 Memorial, Norton Summit Uraidla Methodist Sunday School Roll of Honor, Summertown Cemetery Memorial Arch Gates, The South Australian National War Memorial, Uraidla War Memorial

World War 1 Service

16 Jun 1916:	Enlisted AIF WW1, Private, 2047, Adelaide, South Australia
28 Aug 1916:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2047, 43rd Infantry Battalion, Enlistment/Embarkation WW1, --- :embarkation_roll: roll_number: '18' embarkation_place: Adelaide embarkation_ship: HMAT Anchises embarkation_ship_number: A68 public_note: ''
28 Aug 1916:	Embarked AIF WW1, Private, 2047, 43rd Infantry Battalion, HMAT Anchises, Adelaide
13 Oct 1917:	Involvement AIF WW1, Private, 2047, 40th Infantry Battalion, Third Ypres

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